Blogossary http://www.blogossary.com The blogosphere's dictionary Mon, 28 May 2007 15:20:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.1 en Blog Stalk http://www.blogossary.com/define/blog-stalk/ http://www.blogossary.com/define/blog-stalk/#comments Mon, 28 May 2007 15:20:09 +0000 Blogossary Definitions B http://www.blogossary.com/define/blog-stalk/ To blog stalk is to religiously check a blog for any new content, usually multiple times per day.

Use:
“I have a new blog stalker.”
“Paul blog stalked me this weekend.”
“My blog’s not that great, but people blog stalk me anyway.”

]]> http://www.blogossary.com/define/blog-stalk/feed/ Mil Blog http://www.blogossary.com/define/mil-blog/ http://www.blogossary.com/define/mil-blog/#comments Mon, 28 May 2007 15:12:44 +0000 Blogossary Definitions J http://www.blogossary.com/define/mil-blog/ Mil blog is short for military blog — a blog written and maintained by someone in the military (usually the US military).

]]> http://www.blogossary.com/define/mil-blog/feed/ Joe Blog http://www.blogossary.com/define/joe-blog/ http://www.blogossary.com/define/joe-blog/#comments Mon, 28 May 2007 15:11:36 +0000 Blogossary Definitions J http://www.blogossary.com/define/joe-blog/ A Joe Blog is a blog written and maintained by someone in the United States military.

]]> http://www.blogossary.com/define/joe-blog/feed/ Blog Swarm http://www.blogossary.com/define/blog-swarm/ http://www.blogossary.com/define/blog-swarm/#comments Fri, 19 Jan 2007 05:59:57 +0000 Blogossary Definitions B http://www.blogossary.com/define/blog-swarm/ Bloggers going after (and in many cases, verbally attacking) a particular company or person who has done something egregious.

Imagine a swarm of Africanized honey bees (aka killer bees) swarming an unsuspecting victim who has agitated them by entering their territory, thus threatening their safety and way of life.

One well know incident of blog swarming was Vincent Ferrari v. AOL, which did everything they could to prevent him from canceling his account. As a result, Ferrari released his tape-recorded ordeal and many other bloggers and consumers swarmed AOL.

]]> http://www.blogossary.com/define/blog-swarm/feed/ Blogfat http://www.blogossary.com/define/blogfat/ http://www.blogossary.com/define/blogfat/#comments Sun, 17 Dec 2006 00:05:37 +0000 Blogossary Definitions B http://www.blogossary.com/define/blogfat/ Blogfat is the notable increase of weight gained from blogging and lack of physical exercise.

Blogfat was originally coined by David Weinberger with his 2003 blog entry, Blogging makes you fat.

Read more about the blogfat phenomenon:
BlogHer
Escape from Cubicle Nation

]]> http://www.blogossary.com/define/blogfat/feed/ Blogorrhea http://www.blogossary.com/define/blogorrhea/ http://www.blogossary.com/define/blogorrhea/#comments Tue, 28 Nov 2006 15:59:35 +0000 Blogossary Definitions B http://www.blogossary.com/define/blogorrhea/ Blogorrhea is a large number of blog entries or an entire blog comprised of substandard quality or overly verbose content. (Think of verbal diarrhea via blog.)

]]> http://www.blogossary.com/define/blogorrhea/feed/ Blogmaster http://www.blogossary.com/define/blogmaster/ http://www.blogossary.com/define/blogmaster/#comments Tue, 28 Nov 2006 15:56:05 +0000 Blogossary Definitions B http://www.blogossary.com/define/blogmaster/ A blogmaster is one who owns, writes, or manages a blog.

See also:

]]> http://www.blogossary.com/define/blogmaster/feed/ Blook http://www.blogossary.com/define/blook/ http://www.blogossary.com/define/blook/#comments Tue, 28 Nov 2006 15:53:39 +0000 Blogossary Definitions B http://www.blogossary.com/define/blook/ A blook is a blog turned into book form, or a book serialized via blog.

The term blook was coined by Jeff Jarvis when Tony Pierce held a contest on what to title his new book; a compilation of his blog entries into book form.

Blook resources:
Jeff Jarvis - BuzzMachine
History of Blooks by Tony Pierce

]]> http://www.blogossary.com/define/blook/feed/ Mothball http://www.blogossary.com/define/mothball/ http://www.blogossary.com/define/mothball/#comments Mon, 07 Aug 2006 04:14:49 +0000 Blogossary Definitions M http://www.blogossary.com/define/mothball/ To mothball a blog means to stop posting regularly to the blog and put it into archival mode for posterity.

]]> http://www.blogossary.com/define/mothball/feed/ Blogfriend http://www.blogossary.com/define/blogfriend/ http://www.blogossary.com/define/blogfriend/#comments Sun, 30 Jul 2006 17:39:21 +0000 Blogossary Definitions B http://www.blogossary.com/define/blogfriend/ A blogfriend is someone you know and consider a friend solely through reading and interacting with his (or her) blog.

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